Created and developed the Voice and Speech curriculum, and was a member of the voice faculty at The Young Performers Institute, and the ballet faculty of Pittsburgh Musical Theater and the Richard E. Rauh Conservatory. Speech and Dialect Coach: My Fair Lady, Measure for Measure, A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet. Choreography: Anything Goes, The Boys from Syracuse, Can-Can, 1776, Annie, Kiss me Kate, Fiddler on the Roof, The Pajama Game, Oklahoma!, Oliver!, and the ballet, prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune. Assistant Director/Choreographer: Hello, Dolly!, Evita, West Side Story, Times Square, the musical, Working, the musical; the Bulova Birthday Celebration (Macy's 34th Street), Evita, City of Angels; The Golden Books National Tour, The Golden Books Read In, The Save the Children Benefit, The Tisch Gala of 2000, The Tisch Gala of 2006 (St. James Theatre), and The Tisch Salutes of 2007 and 2008 (Madison Square Gardens). Performance: International Tour: Hello, Dolly!; the National Tours: Crazy for You; The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas; as well as over 60 regional productions including: A Chorus Line, West Side Story, Cats, Cinderella (Paper Mill Playhouse), The Music Man, Chicago, The Fantastics, Peter Pan, Gypsy, South Pacific, The Mousetrap. TV: The Quest; and various voice-overs. Degrees: graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and holds a B.F.A. in Acting from NYU TSOA, CAP21. James is a proud member of AEA.
